Paul Whelton

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Paul Kieran Whelton
NationalityAmerican
Education MBBCh, BAO (National University of Ireland, University College Cork), MD (National University of Ireland, University College Cork), MSc (University of London)
OccupationEpidemiologist
Organization Tulane University
Known for Cardiovascular disease and renal disease epidemiology, prevention, treatment trials, policy, and global health

Paul Kieran Whelton is an Irish-born American physician and scientist who has contributed to the fields of hypertension and kidney disease epidemiology. He also mentored several public health leaders including the deans of the schools of public health at Johns Hopkins (Michael Klag) and Columbia (Linda Fried).[ citation needed ] He currently[ when? ] serves as the Show Chwan Health Care System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is the founding director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University.

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Early life and education

Whelton is a native of Cork City, Ireland. He qualified from the medical school at University College Cork (UCC), with a M.B., B.Ch., and a B.A.O in 1970. [1] He later secured his M.Sc. in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, graduating in 1981, and later still earned an advanced research degree in medicine from the National University of Ireland, awarded in 2003. [1]

Career

Whelton served as a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, as well as a professor of medicine at the School of Medicine. He was also a director of the Outpatient General clinical Research Center.[ citation needed ]

In 1989, Whelton became the founding director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1997, he moved from Baltimore to New Orleans, Louisiana, to serve as the dean of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. [2] [3] He also served as the dean of the School of Medicine at Tulane, [4] and as senior vice president for health sciences at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center. [5]

In 2007, he moved from New Orleans to Chicago, Illinois, to serve as the President and CEO of the Loyola University Health System and Medical Center, as well as the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and a professor of preventive medicine and epidemiology at the Stritch School of Medicine. [1] [6] In 2011, he moved back to New Orleans and currently is the Chwan Health System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. [1]

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Honors and awards

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References

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